Modi greets CBK

A prayer for success

President Maithripala Sirisena, who visited Sampur in Trincomalee yesterday, takes part in religious observances together with Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan.

23 Aug, 2015

American flag returns to U.S. embassy in Cuba after 54 years

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R, back) gestures during the flag raising ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on Aug. 14, 2015. Kerry chaired here on Friday the formal ceremony of raising the American flag in the recently reopened U.S. embassy in Cuba, after 54 years of animosity between the two neighbors. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

15 Aug, 2015

The search continues

A searcher searches the Saint Andre Beach of France’s overseas island La Reunion in the Indian Ocean, where the first piece of debris from the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 was found, on Aug. 10, 2015. France on Aug. 7 announced that hunts for more MH370 debris will continue for at least a week off la Reunion after a wing section was spotted near the island. (Xinhua/Zhang Chuanshi)

12 Aug, 2015